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David Rees

デイヴィッド・リース

Deividdo Rīsu

Aliases: David Bartlett Rees

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1936-05-08 （Surbiton）
Died
1993-05-22 （London） age 57
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Surbiton → Exeter → London

Career

Occupations
author, lecturer, reviewer
Active Years
1975-1993
Affiliations
St. Luke's College, University of Exeter

Education

King's College School
Country: United Kingdom
Wimbledon
Queens' College, Cambridge
Degree: BA, MA
Period: 1958-1961
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: United Kingdom
BA 1958, MA 1961

Awards

Carnegie Medal
1978
Work: The Exeter Blitz
Organization: Library Association
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Exeter Blitz

1978 Children's literature

Story about the Exeter Blitz during World War II.

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Bibliography

  • Storm Surge (1975)
  • Quintin's Man (1976)
  • The Missing German (1976)
  • Landslip (1977)
  • The Spectrum (1977)
  • The Ferryman (1977)
  • Risks (1977)
  • The Exeter Blitz (1978)
  • The House that Moved (1978)
  • The Green Bough of Liberty (1979)
  • In the Tent (1979)
  • Silence (1979)
  • The Marble in the Water (1980) —essays
  • Holly, Mud and Whisky (1981)
  • The Milkman's on His Way (1982)
  • The Estuary (1983)
  • Painted Desert, Green Shade (1984) —essays
  • Islands (1984) —short story collection
  • Out of the Winter Gardens (1984)
  • A Better Class of Blond: A California Diary (1985) —memoir
  • The Hunger (1986)
  • Watershed (1986)
  • Twos and Threes (1987)
  • The Wrong Apple (1987)
  • The Flying Island (1988)
  • Quince (1988)
  • Flux (1988) —short story collection
  • The Colour of His Hair (1989)
  • Letters to Dorothy (1990) —short story collection
  • Dog Days: White Nights (1991) —essays
  • Not for Your Hands (1992) —autobiography
  • Packing It In (1992) —essays
  • Words & Music (1993) —essays

Style & Themes

Literary Style
young adult fictionhistorical fiction
Recurring Motifs
homosexualityhistorical eventsDevon settings

Health

  • HIV/AIDS
    1990年代初頭
    Contributed to the cessation of his writing career

Legacy

Known for children's and YA fiction, winner of the Carnegie Medal. Authored some of the first UK teen books with gay central characters.

Archives

  • University of Exeter Special Collections

In Popular Culture

  • Work cited in House of Lords debate on Section 28

Trivia

  • Authored first UK teen books with gay protagonists: Quintin's Man and In the Tent
  • Founded Third House publishing in 1986